Internet is the most used tool today., because you can find everything there: web, email, instant chat, etc. Therefore, the absence of this access to the Internet outside the home or on holidays becomes prohibitive for many.
Have you ever found yourself out of the box or in a place where you only get 3G or 4G but no Wifi connection for your laptop or tablet? Did you know it’s possible with just a few clicks? turn your smartphone into a modem to share your connection 3G/4G with other devices?
It’s not a new Android feature as it has been available since version 2.2. Not everyone knows about it, though, and not everyone knows how to activate it. If you are looking for this tutorial, this is for you.
How to share your smartphone’s 3G/4G connection with your PC?
We will explore different ways to have an internet connection depending on the options available on your smartphone or tablet.
Be careful though, when not connected to WiFi make sure you have an unlimited internet plan. Usually it’s a package that offers very high speed between 1 and 3GB, then reduced speed beyond this quota, but it’s always unlimited and doesn’t count out of the package!
Method 1: Internet connection via USB
The first point is that you can use your device as a real 3G or 4G modem. Since the arrival of standard packages B&YOU, Free or Sosh, this modem has become popular to use as.
Now it is possible to use your device as a modem by connecting it to your computer via USB. Activate 4G/3G on your smartphone or tablet to get started.
- Connect your smartphone to your PC with a USB cable
- Then go to your smartphone’s Settings
- once per tab “Wireless and Networks Click “More” to bring up additional options.
- see you on the menu “share the line”“Tethering and mobile hotspot” or “Mobile network sharing” depending on your smartphone model.
- check box “USB tethering”
A notification will then appear on your computer. You are now logged in and you can use your smartphone or tablet to surf the internet. Now, those who do not have this opportunity can go through the following method.
Method 2: Connecting to the Internet via Wi-Fi
If your carrier has not provided the ability to connect via USB, connecting via Wi-Fi will probably be more accessible to you.
- Go to Settings on your smartphone
- once per tab “Wireless and Networks”Click “More” to bring up additional options.
- Go to the “Tethering”, “Tethering and mobile hotspot” or “Mobile network sharing” menu
- Check the “Mobile WiFi Hotspot” box to enable the connection
- see you on the menu Mobile WiFi hotspot sharing > Configure WiFi hotspot
- Then a window will open, check the box “Show password “. It is this password that you need to enter on your PC to connect.
From then on all you have to do is refresh the list of available Wi-Fi connections On your PC/Mac:
If all went well, you should. Click on it to connect. There, you will be asked to enter the security key.
Confirm and you should be successful
Method 3: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth
This is the final method of accessing the internet using your Android device’s data and by repeating the same manipulation with the other two methods “share the line”.
Then mark the line “with Bluetooth” It’s very simple to make your smartphone or tablet a real Bluetooth hotspot.
For reception quality reasons, we . Internet access sharing via USB remains the best, followed by Wi-Fi.
Solution
We are coming to the end of this tutorial and I hope you had the opportunity to take advantage of a few of the methods used in this last one.
With this, I could talk about using ClockworkMod Tether, but this solution pays off later. His interest was in giving you free, logical tips regarding the current context and smartphones and tablets that can be used as modems. Either way, we welcome your questions and if you run into any issues we can discuss it in the comments.
